Trial Begins for Yankton, SD Church Arson Suspect
by Associated Press
July 29, 2010
Trial for a teenage boy accused of setting a Yankton church on fire began this week but was delayed
indefinitely when a subpoenaed witness failed to appear.
St. John's Lutheran Church sustained $2 million in damage in the April 2009 blaze the day before Palm Sunday. Members of the congregation numbering 1,250 worshipped at Mount Marty College during the year of rebuilding.
The boy, who was 14 at the time, has not been identified because he is a juvenile. His trial is not open to the public.
If he is found at trial to be a delinquent child, he could be imprisoned until he is 21, be fined or lose his driver's license.
